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when I went to insert Symbols in word2003
I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one |
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See if this article helps:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one |
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Where did that second tab of Insert Symbol -- the one with the various
spaces and dashes and such -- go in 2007? On Sep 3, 5:21*am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: See if this article helps:http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but *the symbols view in word when I click to any one- |
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It's certainly available in my version of Word 2007.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Where did that second tab of Insert Symbol -- the one with the various spaces and dashes and such -- go in 2007? On Sep 3, 5:21 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: See if this article helps:http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one- |
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I don't doubt that it's available _somewhere_. But it does not show up
as a tab behind the Insert Symbol grid. On Sep 3, 8:43*am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It's certainly available in my version of Word 2007. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Where did that second tab of Insert Symbol -- the one with the various spaces and dashes and such -- go in 2007? On Sep 3, 5:21 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: See if this article helps:http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one-- |
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The Special Characters tab appears in the Symbols dialog in my copy of Word
2007. Are you actually opening the dialog via More Symbols...? I get the same result from the Insert Symbol button I've added to the QAT. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I don't doubt that it's available _somewhere_. But it does not show up as a tab behind the Insert Symbol grid. On Sep 3, 8:43 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It's certainly available in my version of Word 2007. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Where did that second tab of Insert Symbol -- the one with the various spaces and dashes and such -- go in 2007? On Sep 3, 5:21 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: See if this article helps:http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one-- |
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It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with
the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). On Sep 3, 5:39*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The Special Characters tab appears in the Symbols dialog in my copy of Word 2007. Are you actually opening the dialog via More Symbols...? I get the same result from the Insert Symbol button I've added to the QAT. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... I don't doubt that it's available _somewhere_. But it does not show up as a tab behind the Insert Symbol grid. On Sep 3, 8:43 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: It's certainly available in my version of Word 2007. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Where did that second tab of Insert Symbol -- the one with the various spaces and dashes and such -- go in 2007? On Sep 3, 5:21 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: See if this article helps:http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/missingmenusetc.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "aaa2008" wrote in message ... when I went to insert Symbols in word2003 I Go to insert then Symbols next the symbols not view as picture to see and select but the symbols view in word when I click to any one--- |
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Hi Peter,
Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. For tables, not everyone does the design first, it's often added, or changed, once the content is correct. The 'Borders and Shading' dialog is also available in the right click menu when you're in the table. ============ "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with
the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. I would agree. I have keyboard shortcuts assigned to em and en dashes and em and en spaces and use Word's built-in shortcuts (or AutoCorrect) for the rest. About the only time I ever even visit that tab is to check on something for a user. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Peter, Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. For tables, not everyone does the design first, it's often added, or changed, once the content is correct. The 'Borders and Shading' dialog is also available in the right click menu when you're in the table. ============ "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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_Someone_ felt that that particular selection of characters should be
separately accessible (without memorizing a bunch of very similar keyboard shortcuts for the wide variety of hyphens and spaces any one of which might occur quite rarely). Yet they didn't include such frequently used items as section sign. (Or even euro.) On Sep 4, 9:16*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. *That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. I would agree. I have keyboard shortcuts assigned to em and en dashes and em and en spaces and use Word's built-in shortcuts (or AutoCorrect) for the rest. About the only time I ever even visit that tab is to check on something for a user. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in . .. Hi Peter, Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. *That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. For tables, not everyone does the design first, it's often added, or changed, *once the content is correct. The 'Borders and Shading' dialog is also available in the right click menu when you're in the table. ============ *"grammatim" wrote in message .... It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). * -- Bob *Buckland *?:-) MS Office System Products MVP **Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- |
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People who frequently use the section sign (legal secretaries) or euro
(Europeans) undoubtedly have assigned keyboard shortcuts that they can easily remember, or there may even be key assignments (I believe the euro is on the keyboard in some configurations). And keep in mind that the Symbol dialog, in its origins, long antedates the euro and its symbol. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "grammatim" wrote in message ... _Someone_ felt that that particular selection of characters should be separately accessible (without memorizing a bunch of very similar keyboard shortcuts for the wide variety of hyphens and spaces any one of which might occur quite rarely). Yet they didn't include such frequently used items as section sign. (Or even euro.) On Sep 4, 9:16 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. I would agree. I have keyboard shortcuts assigned to em and en dashes and em and en spaces and use Word's built-in shortcuts (or AutoCorrect) for the rest. About the only time I ever even visit that tab is to check on something for a user. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in . .. Hi Peter, Insert=Symbols [down arrow]=More Symbols should bring up the dialog with the 'Special Characters' tab. That tab isn't one used as often as you might think in a broad spectrum of Word users. For tables, not everyone does the design first, it's often added, or changed, once the content is correct. The 'Borders and Shading' dialog is also available in the right click menu when you're in the table. ============ "grammatim" wrote in message ... It's there -- but because it's usually open, I keep it way up top with the unneeded stuff off the top of the screen. But it's very strange that you can't get to it from the Ribbon, since it's where the stuff they think people actually use is kept. Now that I'm trying to make the 16 tables to go with the 92 sources in my article, I'm finding out how much more tedious it is to do a table in 2007. (1) _One_ thing that's needed in every new table, borders, is on the "design" tab instead of the "layout" tab; but why should the "design" tab stay there at all after the design has been assigned? (Which I would never do from one of their built-ins anyway). -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- |
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Hi Peter,
As mentioned, when you look at a broad base of Word users, items such as a section symbol are likely not in widespread use by that many individual users (sales of Microsoft Office since it's release are over 120 million copies g) and often when something 'new' is added to an Office app it sometimes never gets improved; or gets one 'facelift', or goes away Sometimes it may be because the folks who worked on it or promoted it have moved on, in others because it wasn't cost effective to try to fix it for the amount of estimated users employing it If for the Special Characters dialog, you add a Shortcut key for the Section symbol [it's a nice feature of that dialog that you can add a shortcut key with the click of a button in the dialog], the shortcut will appear in the list in the Special Characters dialog. A number of the 'default' ones that are there are those that have a default entry in the Autocorrect list or an Autoformat function. While not having the Euro Sign in the legacy Special characters dialog might seem like an obvious oversight, for folks using a U.S. keyboard needing a ctrl key sequence to insert a quote character might also seem strange The Euro sign is in the default list of symbols that come up from the Ribbon. I don't recall offhand what version added the 'special characters' dialog tab as a new feature. At the time the Euro sign hadn't been created and so the symbol wasn't in the fonts provided with Office then. It was added as a download capability originally then with newer versions in the fonts. ============ "grammatim" wrote in message ... _Someone_ felt that that particular selection of characters should be separately accessible (without memorizing a bunch of very similar keyboard shortcuts for the wide variety of hyphens and spaces any one of which might occur quite rarely). Yet they didn't include such frequently used items as section sign. (Or even euro.) -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |